You should look at modeling Tubular Daylight Device. I think that can help accomplish what you are talking about.
I'm debating the best way to model a 4m thick roof structure consisting of upper layer metal sheet (inter-spaced with skylights), layer 2 is insulation, layer 3 is cavity void air 3m, inner layer is a PTFE coated fiberglass construction meant to act as a diffuser to create a illuminated ceiling (i.e. translucent).
I'm thinking of treating it a separate zone where the roof is the sheet metal+insulation and the floor is the fiberglass.
I'm thinking that the floor construction base surface will be opaque...can one add a Window sub-surface to a floor (which will be the roof of the next level)?
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